Pipe-cleaner



(No Model.)

J. J. SNYDER.

PIPE, CLEANER.

No. 574.956. Patented Jan, 12, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JACOB SNYDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PIPE-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,956, dated January12, 1897.

Application filed January 13, 1896. Serial No. 575,293. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN JAcoB SNYDER,a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain-new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Cleaners; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tobacco-pipe cleaners; and it isdesigned more particularly as an improvement upon the pipe-cleanerdisclosed in my Letters Patent dated February 18, 1896, No. 55l,730.

The general object of my present invention is to provide a pipe-cleanerof an exceedingly cheap and simple construction and one which may bequickly, easily, and securely attached to a pipe-bowl; and with theseends in view the invention will be fully understood from the followingdescription and claim, when taken in conjunction with the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating myimproved cleaner as attached to a pipebowl. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of apiece of leather or othersuitable material which is placed on the pipe to prevent theattaching-string from slipping; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewof the gasket or plug, which is designed to eifect a water-tightconnection between the pump-cylinder and the pipe-bowl.

In the said drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts inall of the views, referring to which Aindicates a tobacco-pipe havingthe usual bowl to and stem Z), and B indicates the pump of my improvedcleaner. This pump may be of any construction suitable to the purposesof my invention, but I prefer to form it with the cylinder 0, having theremovable cap cl at one end, and the piston e, having the rod 5 f,extending through an aperture g in the cap cl and provided with asuitable handle h, as illustrated. At its lower end the cylinder 0 ofthe pump is fixedly connected to or formed integral with a plate C, andthis plate is provided with a central depending nipple or tube 2', whichis designed, in addition toconnectin g the interiors of the pipe-bowland pumpcylinder, to assist in holding the annular gasket or plug Dagainst casual movement or displacement. The said gasket or plug D,which is preferably made of rubber, is suitably connected to the plateC, and is tapered, as illustrated, toward its lower end, so as to enableit to effect a water-tight connection between the pump-cylinder and theinterior of pipebowls of various sizes.

The plate C at the lower end of the pumpcylinder 0 is provided wit-l1 alateral projec tionj, having an eye, as shown, for the connection of oneend of a cord E, and at another point, preferably diametrically oppositethe projection j, the plate is provided with a projection kywhich ispreferably curved,as shown, fora purpose presently described. Said plateC is further provided at a point adjacent to the pump-cylinder c with apreferably resilient device 'F, which may be properly termed a clamp,since the attaching-string E is designed to be clamped between it andthe cylinder c, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The attaching string E is preferably of leather, although it may be ofany other suitable material, and in order to prevent said string fromslipping off the pipe -bowl the leather piece G (better shown in Fig. 3)is provided. This leather piece G is provided with an aperture 12 toreceive the pipe-stem b, as shown in Fig. 1, and with a recess 7' toreceive the corner of the pipe-stem where said stem merges into thebowl, and it is designed to rest snugly against the under side of thepipe-bowl, so as to effectually prevent the leather string, which restsbeneath it, from slipping.

In the practice of the invention, when it is desired to attach the pumpto a pipe-bowl,

the leather piece G is placed in' position on the pipe, as shown in Fig.1, and the gasket or plug D of the pump is introduced into thepipe-bowl,as illustrated in Fig. 2. The leather string E is then passedbeneath the pipe-bowl and leather piece G and over the projection in ofplate C and is drawn as taut as possible. Said string is then wrappedtwo or three times around the projection is and is then drawn taut andclamped between the clamp F and the pump-cylinder, which willeffectually prevent it from slipping. In this way it will be seen thatthe pump may be quickly and easily fastened to a pipe-bowl, and when sofastened is not liable to be casually disconnected therefrom. It may,however, be readily disconnected by removing the string from the clamp Fand unwrapping it from the projection 70 of the plate C.

\Vhen not in use, the string E may be wrapped tightly around .thepump-cylinder 0, so as not to materially increase the size of thecleaner.

When the cleaner is attached to a pipe, as described, and it is desiredto clean the pipe, the pipe-stem is immersed in water or some suitablecleansing solution and the pumppiston is reciprocated, when the water orsolution will be alternately drawn and forced through the entire stemand bowl of the pipe, and in consequence the same will be quicklycleared of sediment and thoroughly cleaned, which is a desideratum.

An important advantage common to the cleaner disclosed in my aforesaidLetters Patent and my present improved cleaner is the fact that they canboth be connected to ordinary pipe-bowls of various sizes withoutdisconnecting any of the parts of the same.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-- A tobacco-pipe cleanercomprising a pump having acylinder and a gasket at one end of thecylinder adapted to effect a water-tight connection between the cylinderand a pipebowl, and also having a plate provided with the projection is,and with a clamp arranged adjacent to the cylinder, and a stringconnected with the plate at a point opposite to the projection thereofand adapted to be passed around a pipe-bowl, wrapped around theprojection of the plate and interposed between the clamp and thepump-cylinder, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J ACOB SNYDER.

\Vitnesses:

Tnos. B. Born, GUY HUTCHINSON.

